VARIETY ‘Actors on Actors’: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence on TITANIC, DIE MY LOVE and More

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In a new conversation for VARIETY’s “Actors on Actors” issue, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence discuss watching DiCaprio’s films and if he’s ever seen TITANIC, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, DIE MY LOVE, and more. 

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Lawrence and DiCaprio on “Titanic” and watching his films:

Lawrence: Have you rewatched “Titanic”?

DiCaprio: No. I haven’t seen it before.

Lawrence: Oh, you should. I bet you could watch it now, it’s so good.

DiCaprio: I don’t really watch my films, do you?

Lawrence: No. I’ve never made something like “Titanic,” if I did I would watch it. Once I was really drunk, I put on “American Hustle.” I was like, “I wonder if I’m good at acting?” I put it on, and I don’t remember what the answer is.

Lawrence and DiCaprio on “One Battle After Another”:

Lawrence: The “One Battle After Another” is my favorite movie I’ve ever seen in my life.

DiCaprio: Oh, stop.

Lawrence: You’re a really great actor and this was the greatest performance I’ve ever seen. What struck me, because I know you, is that this character Bob was the rawest I’ve ever seen you – but also really warm. It reminded me of your parents and their values. I know they were very counterculture. Was Bob built from you or did PTA just hand you a warm, amazing guy?

DiCaprio and Lawrence on “Die My Love”:

DiCaprio: Tell me about “Die My Love.” It reminded me of the French New Wave. I thought immediately of “A Woman Under the Influence,” which is one of my favorite performances and one of my favorite movies. You were fantastic in it. Why did you want this part?

Lawrence: Thanks. Martin Scorsese had read the book in his book club and he was like, “You should make this into a movie and star in it.” And then when I was reading it, I really couldn’t understand how it would be a movie. I felt like the author, Ariana Harwicz, was able to describe the indescribable grave depression of an identity crisis, but really poetically being lost in a forest and these visuals and metaphors. I couldn’t crack how to make it a movie, and I didn’t want to go back to Marty and be like, “I don’t get it, try someone else.” I think I realized that it’s poetry, it’s not a literal story. Then it clicked that Lynne Ramsey would be the only [director for this]. I think she’s a poet.

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